A little of this. A little of that

Wow the weeks go by fast and now only 5 more until we go to Calgary for Christmas. I'm really excited for everyone we know who hasn't met Emmett to finally meet him! And this will be his first Christmas. Good timing! Emmett is 3 1/2 months old and as of yesterday weighs 14 lbs 2 oz and is 23 and 1/4 inches long...nearly double his birth weight of 7.12 now.

He is really such a little blessing to us and no matter how sleep deprived it get or how housebound I am most of the time ; his funny little smile always makes it worth it to me! I wish I could catch on video half of the silly things he does. His giggles are slowly getting more frequent too... I think I would look like a total lunatic to anyone who saw what I will do to try and get him to giggle.

He has such a little personality.. for example if he is crying (still tearless) for a few min and then I pick him up, he lets out this indignant little sigh. He's also learned this really high pitched squeal when he's happy and loves to do that. His number 1 favorite activity is still trying to put both fists in his mouth. He sits in his green Bumbo lots now and I have to admit, it's a pretty good invention because it allows him to sit up even though he's not able to on his own yet.

Tyler found what looked like a tooth poking through his gums on the bottom but not in the place where his first teeth come. I was talking to one of my friends about this and she said that her son had hard white bumps on his gums that she was sure were teeth poking through but when she asked her pediatrician about it, he said they are calcium deposits called Bohn's nodules. If that's what it is and chances are it is, then it'll go away in a month or two.

Trip to Vancouver Nov 12-15

Emmett had his first trip off island to Vancouver this week because his Daddy had a work seminar for three days. Travelling with a three month old requires a lot of clothes and even then we almost ran out no thanks to the disposables we used while we were away. I can truly say that I missed the cloth diapers because nearly every "number 2" he did leaked out and on to his clothes...twice we had to bath him in one night! I've never had that problem with the cloth ones I can tell you that.

We stayed in a hotel downtown Vancouver for the first two nights. It was pretty central so I could pack up Emmett in the stroller and go window shopping. I also got to see some old friends and go for coffe with them. On our last night we hung out at Auntie Corey's house who's futon was 1000x more comfortable than the hotel bed and spent some time with her.

We had a pretty good time except for the sad news that Emmett's Great Grandma (my mom's mom) had passed away after some surgery to repair her lungs. She will be missed greatly and I am sad that she didn't have the chance to meet Emmett before she passed; we had been planning a trip out to Saskatchewan to see her in the spring and now that will be for a funeral instead.

It's good to be home now though and in our own home, bed and little town. The city is fun to visit but it always reminds me of why we moved away from one in the first place. I do look forward to when Emmett is a bit older and can have a bit more fun on the ferry though. The ocean is such a fun place.

I have no weight for you this week because we missed Mom's group while we were away and that's where I weigh him so it'll have to wait until this Thursday. His interest in toys is really starting to take off now and he makes an effort to grab them when ever possible. It's really fun to see.

Two Big Milestones this week! Nov 3-9

Well just like that they learn stuff. On Saturday (nov 8th) Emmett finally got the rattle in his hand that he's been batting at for weeks, Tyler put Emmett down on his tummy in the crib to go wash hands after a changing and when he got back, Emmett had rolled onto his back. The next morning he did it twice more! Not bad for a three month old! He's 13.2 oz and his length is around 23 inches and has grown out of most of his pjs so we went and got more. I've discovered that the fuzzy ones are too hot for him at night so we've been sticking with cotton instead.

Halloween

Hi Everyone,

This week we had a Halloween party at moms group and Emmett went as a giraffe (thanks Auntie Corey for sending it in the mail) He was a bit small in it but cute none the less. Emmett is 3 months old on the 9th! I can't believe it's gone so fast. He's 12 lbs 12 oz as of Friday and that makes him a full 5 lbs heavier than he was when he was born! Yesterday, Tyler was holding him and I was talking to him and he let out his first little giggle , it was great to hear but he hasn't done it again since..I'm sure it won't be long.